Hershey wins lawsuit claiming its Reese's Halloween candies aren't spooky enough

CBS News ^ | September 24, 2025 | Aimee Picchi

[Trump20162020]

Hershey received a treat Friday when a judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming the company's Reese's candies tricked customers by depicting spooky Halloween designs on their packaging, while the unwrapped chocolates were in fact featureless.

U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian ruled Friday that the consumers who filed the class-action lawsuit failed to show that the lack of confectionary details on the chocolate and peanut butter candies, such as missing mouths and eyes on jack-'o-lanterns, ghosts and other Halloween-themed figures, had cause them economic harm.

[shelterguy]

I truly thought something this stupid had to be from the Babylon Bee.

[Billthedrill]

All they had to say was “Oh yeah, and every 100th one contains a lethal dose of cyanide!” That spooky enough fer ya?

[Jamestown1630]

Good grief.

[Zathras]

I had to read this 4 times.
Figures, pointless class action suit.

[Texas Eagle]

Let’s see you do something with THIS, Babylon Bee! Ha haaaaaa!

[arthurus]

The definitive example of lawyerly frivolity.

[Drew68]

[Hyman Roth]

Is this a real story?

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The losers should be forced to pay Hershey’s legal fees.

[Steve_Seattle]

I thought the same thing. What sane person would file a lawsuit over this?

[jmacusa]

This is for real? Adults have the time and wherewithal to present a complaint to a court and hire attorneys with something so childish and stupid. And just what defines ''spooky'' in legal terms?

[JZelle]

Even William Foster knew you had no case.

[Flaming Conservative]

That right there’s what you call a frivolous lawsuit.

[Zack Attack]

This is no different than suing a fast food joint because the stacked sandwich on the commercial is far more appetizing than the one you receive when you order.

[metmom]

I thought the same thing.

The first thing I checked was the source.

[metmom]

Not pointless if you win.

But that’s ridiculous that our society should become that greedy.

[RightOnTheBorder]

Lawyer that brought this case should be charged Hershey’s lawyer fees plus interest then be disbarred.

[Leaning Right]

This is not good news for me. Because I’m currently suing the Moon Pie company based on the fact that their snacks aren’t really made on the Moon.

[mowowie]

Definitely a Bee headline...